Are security forces trigger-happy when it come to Arabs?

[Violet_Crumble]

Eighteen Israeli Arabs have been killed since the October 2000 riots by the security forces under circumstances unrelated to national security. Eleven of these were shot to death by cops and Border Police troops. During this period there was only one comparable case in which a cop shot to death a Jew, while trying to prevent the man from stabbing his parents.

Yesterday's casualty is not included in the grim statistics, because he was a Palestinian without an Israeli identification card.

Yet despite such dramatic data, police refuse to check whether cops have a "lighter trigger finger" when dealing with Arab suspects. For example, Nadim Milham who was killed outside his house in January 2006, was shot to death by a cop for carrying an illegal firearm. Last July, Mahmoud Ghanim of Baka al-Garbiyeh was killed after a cop suspected him of breaking into a car in Pardes Hannah. Jewish suspects in comparable circumstances have not been shot to death even though there have been dozens of confrontations during this period with Jews who were illegally armed, or with Jews suspected of breaking into cars.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770531.html

[UndertheOcean]

1. Yes...

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[Scurrilous]

2. It appears so:

Relatives of October 2000 victims: We’ll seek justice in international court

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3315408,00.html


I wonder how prevalent this sentiment is (as expressed on ynets talkback):

Justice was done.

Enemies of the Jewish Nation have no rights in the Land of Israel. Those non Jews who live amongst us, who take hostile action against Jewish policeman or military personnel should be shot without mercy and on the spot. No more tear gas, batons and firing into the air.

We will shoot to kill. You have been warn.

Meir, Aard (10.16.06)